Women’s Health Investment Outlook

On 20^th January 2026, the World Economic Forum released the ‘Women’s Health Investment Outlook’.

• The Report addresses critical gaps in understanding investment flows in women’s health, market opportunity and unmet need.

Critical Issues Highlighted

• Chronic Underinvestment: Women’s health receives only 6% of private healthcare capital, and companies focused exclusively on women’s health capture less than 1%.
• Capital Concentration: 80% of funding events and 90% of capital flow to three areas- reproductive health, maternal care and women’s cancers, leaving significant white space in women-specific conditions, as well as high-prevalence, high-burden conditions that affect women differently and disproportionately.
• Emerging Horizontal, Cross-therapeutic Solutions: Nearly half ....